title: Minneapolis bridges falling down: emergency transfusion preparedness.
abstract: The 7/1/2007 bridge collapse into the Mississippi River was instructional from both a disaster response and a mass casualty transfusion response perspective. It is a well cited example of how community disaster response coordination can work well, especially following systematic preparation of an integrated response network. The blood center is and should be an integral part of this disaster response and should be included in drills where appropriate. We give personal perspectives on both the hospital and transfusion service response to this particularly dramatic event.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Blood Centers, St. Paul, MN, United States; Hennepin County Medical Center, Transfusion Service, United States. Electronic address: jed@mbc.org.
authors.forename: Jed B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gorlin
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hick
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D002959:Civil Defense / Q000379:methods*; D054597:Disaster Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D008910:Minnesota; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Disaster response; Integrated networks; Transfusion preparedness